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Personal stories highlight the experiences of people just like you. You’ll find stories from people who experience mental health or substance use problems, people who support a loved one, and people who work in mental health or substance use fields. They share their own experiences and perspectives, and describe their personal journeys to understanding, health and well-being.

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And my life thereafter... Vance Hughes Reprinted from "Housing and Homelessness" issue of Visions Journal, 2007, 4 (1), p. 25 I've been on and off the streets for eight years. Street life is emotional. It breaks my heart to see very young k ...

My struggle for a different life Michael O'Shea Web-only article from "Housing and Homelessness" issue of Visions Journal, 2007, 4 (1) Doing drugs for the very first time will give you a high that you never had before, but after that, drugs ...

Martha Scales Reprinted from "Housing and Homelessness" issue of Visions Journal, 2007, 4 (1), pp. 24-25 My story isn't what you might call a "good news" story. Yet, it has elements of very good news. My 40-year-old son is homeles ...

Just one story from the Cariboo streets Wayne Lucier Reprinted from "Aboriginal People" issue of Visions Journal, 2008, 5 (1), pp. 16-17 My day usually starts with bringing coffee to the people who gather behind Lake City Ford, a common meeting ...

From Grief to Action parents Reprinted from "Housing" issue of Visions Journal, 2013, 8 (1), pp. 15-17 We are parents brought together through our children, who have struggled with drug addiction and are now young adults. The experience, frustra ...

Barrett Carter Reprinted from "Housing" issue of Visions Journal, 2013, 8 (1), pp. 18-19 Over the past three years I have been working at a detox facility for youth, located in south Vancouver. Unlike the clinical setting of a medical detox, our ...